On Thu 10 Feb 2005 08:06:22p, Graphic Queen wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:54:29 GMT, Dog3 >
> wrote:
>
>>Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
:
>>
> <snipped>
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>>When I was a child my parents would bring us down and we always stayed
>>at the Cheshire. The rooms have really gone downhill since then but the
>>bars are still about the same. When I became legal I drank many a 'yard'
>>there. Now that I live here, I seldom go ;(
>>
>>Michael
>
> We spent our wedding night at the Cheshire but that was back in 1976.
>
> I remember when I was a child my mother would take me on a bus to meet
> the streetcar and we would go to Wellston to shop for a day. Way back
> then it was the place to shop. :-)
>
> I went to elementary school at Marvin Elementary School and went to
> Pattonville High School but I graduated in 1969. I remember when they
> started clearing the area for Northwest Plaza. That was a long time
> ago.
>
> Would anyone be able to tell me hoe Bridgeton is these days since the
> airport bought so much land? We now RV full time and haven't been back
> to Missouri for close to 10 years now, living and then just spending
> most of our time in the southwest. We are hoping to get back to the
> state within the next year or so. I sure do miss White Castles and
> Steak & Shake. :-)
>
> GQ
>

My memory probably preceeds yours, as I graduated highschool in 1963, but
not in St. Louis, as we moved from there in 1956 when I was 10. What I
remember was Medart's Restaurant which preceeded The Cheshire Inn on that
site. We moved away before Medart's closed. I remember White Tower
restaurant, which my parents preferred going to over White Castle,
although I think they were probably very much alike. I also remember many
visits to the Steak & Shake in Clayton, their onion rings and fried shrimp
baskets being my favorite. I don't know if any of the S&S restaurants
still serve shrimp, but I doubt it. Can't help you much on present day
St. Louis, as I've only been back a few times and not too recently.

Wayne